... don't take my word for anything I ever say about games or movies or anything else. My opinion is not a sales pitch for or against something. I am recommending things I love or things I dislike and it's all subjective.
#Forspoken, for me, is a waste of time and not the kind of game I enjoy for tons of reasons ... negative characters, endless repetition, tedious dialog, etc. My tribemate LOVES the game and will play it endlessly because he rushes through story to play around. I want STORY.
The game rushes you through the main story and then you spend the rest of the game doing other stuff. I play games FOR STORY and after that I really don't care to play around (unless it's Skyrim or something). The plot was just ok and clearly they didn't even have the entire amount voice acted ... clearly there was no money or just laziness, I dunno.
I would never say NOT to experience a game that took YEARS to make and was clearly a labor of love for everyone involved ... from designers, to programmers, to actors, mocap engineers and more. The game is BEAUTIFUL and in all my 40+ years of gaming I can say I've NEVER played a game with action magic mechanics like #Forspoken before. It was WELL WORTH MY TIME ... I only consider it a waste because it ends in a way that basically isn't an ending at all and about repeating actions over and over.
When it comes to gaming I look for specific experiences that I want to have or I look for educational opportunities such as with #ONI or games that force me to think in new ways. I have specific needs with gaming and my opinions are based on those needs being met or not ... it's rarely about anything else. My experience as gamer or with ANY media is not going to be the same as yours ever since we're not the same people and have completely different needs we wish to have served by said media.
@thewebrecluse welcome to Mid-World.
Have your own experiences with things and judge for yourself. There is much to learn from having personal experiences with media ... even not liking something is an experience.
I have said this before about music. I listen to plenty of music that I end up not liking ... but the experience of finding that out and having that experience is worth it and it's beautiful in and of itself because I learned something new about myself and about music.
HAVE experiences without expectation. Enjoy them.